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The Tesla Cybertruck is successful Australia, but don’t spell rushing to your nearest Tesla trader to prime 1 up.
Earlier today, Tesla’s Australian part uploaded an representation of the Cybertruck astatine Bondi Beach connected its Instagram account, with the electrical pickup parked adjacent to the recently-revealed Model 3 Performance.
The electrical conveyance (EV) elephantine besides posted a video of a Cybertruck driving astir North Sydney, moving peculiar licence fig plates arsenic it’s left-hand thrust and can’t beryllium registered for roadworthy usage by the public.
While sightings of the Cybertruck – specified arsenic these photos below, posted to the Tesla Owners Australia Facebook radical by Kevin Ngo – show large involvement from onlookers, the electrical pickup is nary person to being sold Down Under.
As antecedently mentioned, the Cybertruck is exclusively built for left-hand thrust markets, making it unregistrable successful Australia and non-compliant with our section roadworthy rules.
Last twelvemonth Tesla announced the heavily-updated Model S sedan and Model X SUVs – some of which had antecedently been sold successful Australia – would nary longer beryllium made successful right-hand drive, understood to beryllium driven by debased demand.
Another obstruction to the Cybertruck’s section showroom debut is its arguable design, which experts person said would beryllium improbable to conscionable Australian Design Rules (ADRs).
Given the Cybertruck’s sharp, angular exterior design, it’s improbable it would beryllium approved for sale.
Tesla precocious fell foul of ADRs with its facelifted Model 3 sedan, having launched the updated car successful Australia without an accessible mediate apical tether for the installation of a kid spot successful the 2nd row.
This led to a stop-sale and recall.
Tesla antecedently allowed Australians to spot a $150 deposit connected a Cybertruck done its website, though the quality to bash truthful was removed successful precocious 2021, replaced by a sole accusation page.
The Tesla Cybertruck was recalled successful the US earlier this week aft it was discovered the electrical pickup’s accelerator pedal screen could travel escaped and go stuck against the firewall, starring to the conveyance continuing to accelerate adjacent erstwhile drivers assistance off.
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